Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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Ages and Causes of Death during the Quarter ending 24th June 1861.
Diseases. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 20. | 20 to 30. | 30 to 40. | 40 to 50. | 50 to 60. | 60 to 70. | 70 k upwards. | Total. | Total of both Parishes. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 5 | 14 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 45 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 7 |
Hooping Cough | 5 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 49 |
Diarrhœa | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 8 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 17 | 18 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 102 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 |
Phthisis | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | 32 | 58 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 14 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 39 |
Apoplexy and Atrophy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 11 |
Violence, Privation & Preme. Birth | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 12 | 20 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyœmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 2 | 12 | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | .. | 39 | 96 |
Total | 58 | 80 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 239 | 459 |